abuse in the church
A denomination confronts child sexual abuse: A positive step forward
By Boz Tchividjian — June 20, 2014
A Protestant denomination confronts child sexual abuse with powerful words and a commitment to action.
Five common characteristics of child sexual offenders: Eliminating the edge
By Boz Tchividjian — June 13, 2014
Learning how offenders think and act is the first step in making our faith communities safe from those who pose a risk to our little ones.
An abuse survivor’s prayer to Jesus
By Boz Tchividjian — June 6, 2014
So much confusion. So many questions. A survivor has a frank talk with Jesus about the abuse and the long and complicated journey of healing.
On-the-job training isn’t working
By Boz Tchividjian — May 30, 2014
The on-the-job training of pastors and other faith leaders in preventing and responding to child sexual abuse isn’t working. What if we started training in the seminaries?
Searching for Jesus in today’s Church
By Boz Tchividjian — May 23, 2014
For too many precious souls, inside the Church has become like Narnia - always winter, but never Christmas. In all this anguish, there is hope.
7 ways to welcome abuse survivors in our churches
By Boz Tchividjian — May 16, 2014
Seven ways that will help transform churches into safe and welcoming communities for abuse survivors.
We can do it! Practical steps to protecting children
By Boz Tchividjian — May 9, 2014
5 practical steps that anyone can take to minimize the opportunities for abuse within churches and other faith communities.
Sex offenders, faith communities, and four common exploitations
By Boz Tchividjian — April 26, 2014
Offenders within faith communities are experts in exploitation. Knowledge and understanding of these common exploitations is the first step in protecting our communities from predators who walk in and destroy lives right underneath our noses.
Survivors and the sufferings of Jesus
By Boz Tchividjian — April 18, 2014
The sufferings of Jesus are tragically similar to the sufferings of so many who have been abused. These similarities are no coincidence.
Flashes of light: Reflecting Jesus into the dark places of the church
By Boz Tchividjian — April 5, 2014
As we take time to recognize Child Abuse Prevention Month, Christians must acknowledge that there are still many dark places inside the Church. It is time to begin reflecting Jesus into the dark places of the Church.
No place to call home: Abuse in a Christian community
By Boz Tchividjian — March 28, 2014
An interview with abuse survivor and filmmaker, Jamie Prater, about his powerful new film that documents abuse in a well known Christian community. How many other Christian environments may be 'No Place to Call Home' for His little ones?
Marginalizing the abused: Six ways survivors are treated as insignificant
By Boz Tchividjian — March 20, 2014
Sexual abuse survivors are often marginalized by the very communities that should be embracing and protecting them. Here are just 6 of the common ways survivors are treated as insignificant within the Christian community.
A public statement concerning sexual abuse in the church
By Boz Tchividjian — February 22, 2014
Is silence finally beginning to lose its home within the Church? Christians from around the globe seem to be coming together to grieve, get angry and take action to address a dark and destructive evil that has camped out in the Church for way too long.
A church silent in the face of evil is no church at all
By Boz Tchividjian — February 14, 2014
When Christians embrace silence, we declare that victims are worthless and perpetrators are protected. There is nothing silent about being silent.
Christians and the struggle to report child abuse
By Boz Tchividjian — February 7, 2014
Why do so many professing Christians struggle to report the suspected abuse of children to the authorities?
